Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire
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Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire Santez-Lusenn |
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique | |
| Arrondissement | Nantes | |
| Canton | Carquefou | |
| Community association | Nantes metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 15 ′ N , 1 ° 29 ′ W | |
| height | 2–36 m | |
| surface | 11.45 km 2 | |
| Residents | 15,360 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,341 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 44980 | |
| INSEE code | 44172 | |
| Website | http://www.sainte-luce-loire.com/ | |
_-_Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire.jpg) Château de Chassay, today's town hall |
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Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire ( Breton : Santez-Lusenn ) is a French city with 15,360 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Region Pays de la Loire . Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire belongs to the Arrondissement of Nantes and is part of the canton of Carquefou .
geography
Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire is located on the north (right) bank of the Loire . The municipality is surrounded by Carquefou in the north, Thouaré-sur-Loire in the east, Saint-Julien-de-Concelles in the southeast and Basse-Goulaine in the south. To the west is Nantes . Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire is about six kilometers from the city center of Nantes.
history
Around 800 the place was mentioned as Chassiacum . At the beginning of the 12th century, Saint Lucia was appointed patroness of the parish church. This changed the name of the place. From the 15th century the name Sainte Luce was established. Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire was the residence of the bishops of Nantes for a long time. The municipality was dominated by agriculture until the 20th century, when urbanization around Nantes took hold here as well.
traffic
The A11 autoroute , which intersects with the A811 and the A821 autoroute , runs through the municipality .
Community partnerships
Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire has a community partnership with Herzogenaurach in Bavaria, Germany.
Population development
- 1793: 890
- 1821: 981
- 1851: 939
- 1881: 1.133
- 1901: 1.148
- 1921: 1.105
- 1936: 1,278
- 1946: 1.417
- 1962: 2,929
- 1968: 3,420
- 1975: 5.939
- 1982: 8,399
- 1990: 9,648
- 1999: 11.263
- 2006: 11,776
- 2011: 12,699
since 1962 only residents with primary residence
Attractions
- Château de Chassay, probably built around 550
- Château de La Haie
- Château du Perrier, built in Gothic style at the end of the 15th century
- Manoir du Grand Plessis, probably built in 1471
- Maison Auvigne (built around 1450)
- Maison Bellevue
- Sainte-Luce church, neo-Romanesque building from 1878 (bell tower completed in 1897)
Personalities
- Joseph-Marie-Henri Rabine (1922–1988), Archbishop of Albi
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X , pp. 226-233.
